Scott the Lawyer
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My apologies in advance for not having the mandatory dour and cynical attitude about the new land.
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DAK Tropical Americas Land Construction Thread
- Thread starter EagleScout610
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Centauri Space Station
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Major upgrade from Dinoland
Haymarket2008
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Seems extremely likely that Indy and Encanto won't be open by end of Summer 2027.
V_L_Raptor
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I do wonder if Summer 2027 gets them the playground, carousel, and dining/retail, and the major attractions follow on in the fall or early winter.
eddie104
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Not surprised been saying that from jump.
Anybody thinking otherwise was delusional.
90 percent of the land is new build and not like Monstropolis where is re theming existing buildings.
Their actual new construction is not even opening with the first phase so that saids a lot about the progress and pacing.
One last small trace of the Dino Institute theming before its covered for good.
Is the "The Dino Institute" still sponsoring Theater in the Wild? Assumed it'd be Tropical Americas themed.
gorillaball
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If that is the case, then you should not open anything. Opening with neither big ride would be absolutely terrible. Opening with one big ride I think is a bad idea, unless one is fully 6 months ahead of the other.
sedati
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I get not officially announcing an opening unless the rides are there, but I have no problem if they open aspects early. Many people only visit once in a long while or once in a lifetime. Why not let them get to experience what's done?
god I hope they replace this building with anything else. this parcel of land is so under utilized
my guess is September, and idk still don't feel sold on a phased opening for this land, just think they'll wait for it all to be done
Br0ckford
Premium Member
You can also see a butterfly disguised in the one of the columns!
And lastly, steel for the rockwork on AFdE looks be going up!
Moving right along
Haymarket2008
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They LOVE a phased opening, unfortunately. The splash this would make by introducing both big attractions at one time? Seems worth it to me to wait!
TrainsOfDisney
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I think it’s more along the lines of….. operations wants things open asap. It’s not that anyone wants a phased opening specifically. At least that’s my guess.
James Alucobond
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Wasn't that sign removed, like, four years ago?
mattpeto
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Operations and marketing. They want to create new reasons to visit.
TrainsOfDisney
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What I’m saying is they never “want” a phased opening by design. Otherwise they would plan it that way.
That’s my thoughts.
DarkRideGuy
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It’s gonna look so magical seeing it peeking through the trees!!
It kinda irks me that we won’t immediately be in Tropical Americas once we cross the bridge from Discovery Island. I wish they had included a retheme of the Nemo theater and the Dinoland side of the amphitheater as part of the Tropical Americas project.
Now these areas (along with the bypass) will either be lumped into Tropical Americas despite being thematically mismatched, or they will have to call the corridor something entirely different.